{"id":7537,"date":"2012-05-07T03:10:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2012-05-07T03:10:17","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T07:10:17","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicology (the Chinese Way)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do you like listening to music<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u97f3\u4e50\u5417\uff1f- n\u01d0 x\u01d0 huan t\u012bng y\u012bn yu\u00e8 ma)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but <strong>I really like listening to music<\/strong> (\u6211\u975e\u5e38\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; w\u01d2 f\u0113i ch\u00e1ng x\u01d0 huan t\u012bng y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/p>\n<p>Well, <strong>what kind of music do you like<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u4ec0\u4e48\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; n\u01d0 x\u01d0 huan sh\u00e9n me y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/p>\n<p>To help you build your music related vocabulary, here are a few ways you could answer that question:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I like<\/strong> (\u6211\u559c\u6b22 &#8211; w\u01d2 x\u01d0 huan)&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rock music (\u6447\u6eda\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; y\u00e1o g\u01d4n y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>pop music (\u6d41\u884c\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; li\u00fa x\u00edng y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>jazz (\u7235\u58eb &#8211;\u00a0 ju\u00e9 sh\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>rap (\u8bf4\u5531 &#8211; shu\u014d ch\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<li>country music (\u4e61\u6751\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; xi\u0101ng c\u016bn y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>blues (\u84dd\u8c03 &#8211; l\u00e1n di\u00e0o)<\/li>\n<li>electronic music (\u7535\u5b50\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; di\u00e0n z\u01d0 y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>heave metal <strong><\/strong>(\u91cd\u91d1\u5c5e\u97f3\u4e50 \u2013 zh\u00f2ng j\u012bn sh\u01d4 y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>classical music (\u53e4\u5178\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; g\u01d4 di\u01cen y\u012bn yu\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>reggae (\u96f7\u9b3c &#8211; l\u00e9i gu\u01d0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While we&#8217;re at it, here&#8217;s some more useful music related vocabulary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>singer (\u6b4c\u624b &#8211; g\u0113 sh\u01d2u)<\/li>\n<li>band (\u4e50\u961f &#8211; yu\u00e8 du\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>song (\u6b4c\u66f2 &#8211; g\u0113 q\u01d4)<\/li>\n<li>album (\u4e13\u8f91 &#8211; zhu\u0101n j\u00ed)<\/li>\n<li>instrument (\u4e50\u5668 &#8211; yu\u00e8 q\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>concert (\u97f3\u4e50\u4f1a &#8211; y\u012bn yu\u00e8 hu\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>music festival (\u97f3\u4e50\u8282 &#8211; y\u012bn yu\u00e8 ji\u00e9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know you like listening to music, but can you make music?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you sing<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u4f1a\u5531\u6b4c\u5417 &#8211; n\u01d0 hu\u00ec ch\u00e0ng g\u0113 ma)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you play guitar<\/strong>? (\u4f60\u4f1a\u5f39\u5409\u4ed6\u5417 &#8211; n\u01d0 hu\u00ec\u00a0t\u00e1n j\u00ed t\u0101 ma?)<\/p>\n<p>To answer affirmatively, simply say &#8220;(I) <strong>can&#8221;<\/strong> (\u4f1a &#8211; hu\u00ec), and to answer negatively, just add the character \u4e0d &#8211; &#8220;(I) <strong>cannot<\/strong>&#8221; (\u4e0d\u4f1a &#8211;\u00a0b\u00fa hu\u00ec).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to learning basic vocabulary, you should familiarize yourself with Chinese instruments. Thankfully, we&#8217;ve got you covered here. Check out some of these past posts about traditional Chinese instruments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-instruments-part-one\/\">Chinese Instruments Part One<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-instruments-part-two\/\">Part Two<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-instruments-part-three\/\">Part Three<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-traditional-instruments-pipa\/\">Pipa<\/a> (Chinese Lute)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/for-whom-the-bells-toll-bianzhong-%E7%BC%96%E9%92%9F\/\">Chinese Bells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-bamboo-flute\/\">Bamboo Flute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-traditional-drumming-%E4%BC%A0%E7%BB%9F%E9%BC%93%E4%B9%90\/\">Traditional Drumming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-instruments-guqin-or-chinese-harp\/\">Guqin<\/a> (7-string plucked instrument)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-violin\/\">Erhu<\/a> (2-string Chinese violin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into music festivals and concerts as much as I am, and you enjoy hilarious stories, you might as well go ahead and read some of my more entertaining posts about some Chinese music festival experiences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/yixian-travel-troubles\/\">Yi Xian Music Festival Part One<\/a>: Read about our ridiculous journey out into the middle of nowhere for a music festival, which found us sleeping in a KTV bar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/yi-xian-camping-music-festival-part2\/\">Yi Xian Part Two<\/a>: Finally in Yi Xian, we set up camp in a dirty parking lot, and convinced people to buy beer for us in exchange for photos.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/zhang-bei-music-festival-part1\/\">Zhang Bei In Music Festival Part One<\/a>: A 6-hour bus ride finds us out in the countryside of Hebei province for a summer time music festival.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/chinese\/zhang-bei-grasslands-music-festival-part2\/\">Zhang Bei Part Two<\/a>: Cultural differences, late night dance parties, and people eating french fries with chopsticks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If videos are more your thing, here&#8217;s a little highlight reel I made from the In Music Festival:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UbNZ8kNfJ7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Embedded video\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whether you are into traditional Chinese music, or the more modern sensation of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/china-pop\/\">C-Pop<\/a>, listening to music can help you understand a lot about Chinese culture and can also improve your language skills. So what are you waiting for? Listen to, play, sing along, and dance to some Chinese music!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you like listening to music? (\u4f60\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u97f3\u4e50\u5417\uff1f- n\u01d0 x\u01d0 huan t\u012bng y\u012bn yu\u00e8 ma) I don&#8217;t know about you, but I really like listening to music (\u6211\u975e\u5e38\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u97f3\u4e50 &#8211; w\u01d2 f\u0113i ch\u00e1ng x\u01d0 huan t\u012bng y\u012bn yu\u00e8) Well, what kind of music do you like? 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